Essays about: "UN mandates"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words UN mandates.
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1. The Blue Helmets’ Dark Side : A Quantitative Study of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peace Missions
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Protecting human rights is the core mission of the UN, yet peacekeepers commit human rights violations, including sexual violence, during missions. While the literature has focused on qualitative research to assess the factors that make sexual exploitation and abuse occur, few studies have looked at it from a quantitative approach, and none have looked at the effect of the mission mandate. READ MORE
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2. Call me Maybe?: A case study on SBB's issuance of hybrid bonds
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This single-case study examines why Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden's (SBB) issued hybrid bonds, its implications, and the value this instrument generates for the corporation, shareholders, and investors. SBB's mission since the start has been to expand into one of the largest real estate companies in the Nordics, accompanied by an improvement in credit rating. READ MORE
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3. Cooperation and Friction: The Sustainable Development Goals as a system of belief within a United Nations specialized agency
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : Across the world are small local agencies connected to the United Nations. Unlike the larger bureaucratic organs that make up the UN, these smaller specialized agencies do not work to frame the founding ideals of the UN which are decided on at the highest levels within the institution, but to interpret, carry out, and monitor different mandates or programs at the local level. READ MORE
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4. Mandates for Security? How UN Peacekeeping Mandates Address the Level of PostwarViolence after Intra-State Conflicts
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : The transition from war to peace is seldom smooth, and violence persists in many postwar societies. Existing research found that peacekeepers have a good record in addressing postwar violence along the fault lines of the preceding conflict. Yet, most postwar violence stems from actors that were not formally part of the conflict. READ MORE
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5. Missions Love Company : Power Dynamics in Parallel Peace Operations
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Whether United Nations peacekeeping operations are effective or not has been extensively studied over the past decades. Similarly, the differences between peacekeeping missions deployed by the UN and third party interventions by other actors are well documented. READ MORE
